Public officials from Congress to City Hall are now regularly subjected to threats of violence. It’s changing how they do their jobs.

There is little research on the political views of those behind the onslaught of abuse. Some surveys show that Republican officeholders are more likely to report being targeted, often from members of their own party. Research does show, however, that recent acts of political violence are more likely to be carried out by perpetrators aligned with right-wing causes and beliefs.

  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    6 months ago

    Someone needs to figure out how to make an open source tiktok. Probably would need to figure out a micro payment ecosystem, because otherwise no one will be able afford to store all that video.

    • thegreekgeek@midwest.socialEnglish
      14·
      6 months ago

      @dansup@mastodon.social is working on loops, a federated tiktok. According to THIS POST it looks he’s going for optimizing the uploaded video format over microtransactions for reducing overhead.

    • OpenStars@discuss.onlineEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      They would need to afford lawyers too, from a constant barrage of frivolous attacks designed to drive the company out of business.

      Edit: that is actually how game console emulators written by third parties were driven into the dirt.